IEA Resident Artist Walker Tufts
The Institute for Electronic Arts (IEA) announces an exciting line up of resident artists in the Fall semester 2024. Walker Tufts make games and sculptures that examine human and more-than-human relationships, especially as they relate to dirt and land.Walker’s work explores the messy borders between science and storytelling and playfully situates human players in relation to others.
Walker’s work has been shown internationally including: MassMoCA, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, VEGA Arts, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education and Flux Factory. Walker has created commissioned works in Wales, Denmark, Germany, Russia and the United States. Walker received his BS in Art from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA, US) and an MFA at University at Buffalo. More at kosmologym.com, walkertufts.com, and dirtytime.us
The IEA is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Schein-Joseph Endowment and the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr Foundation.
The IEA is a high technology research studio facility within the School of Art and Design, which encourages and supports projects that involve interactive multi-media systems, experimental sonic/video production, digital imaging, and publications. The IEA is committed to developing cultural interactions spurred by technological experimentation and artistic investigations.
The IEA offers two types of residency: Time-based/ New Media and Print Media. The IEA video and sound studio offers artists an integrated system with real-time video, image-processing software, hardware and video capture. The IEA’s Experimental Print Media Program Residency seeks artists who want to explore Digital Printmedia technologies to further and expand their working practice. Artists have access to state-of-the-art digital arts facilities.